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ii p ii y "inmipgi BESSIE WETZELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 VOL. 102 NO. I Carlson, Anhorn chosen as 1983's First Citizens ,7 ' Louis Carlson Irene Anhorn of Heppner and Louis Carlson of lone were named as Morrow Coun ty's First Citizens of 1983 during an annual Chamber of Commerce banquet Tuesday night. Jan X Dr. Wallace Wolff presented the winners with plaques A third generation member nf an outstanding Swedish ranching family of the Valby area. Louis Carlson has brought many honors to his family and to Morrow County. His grandparents. Anders S. and Sophia Carolina ( Carls dot tor Carlson, came from Spivey benefit nets $1,270 A benefit spaghetti dinner and basketball game 1 eld in lone last Wednesday netted $1,270 for Nancy Spivey ( lone, reports Jim Swanson. chairman of the benefit com mittee. All proceeds will be used to help offset Spivey's medical costs About 200 people attended Heppner man makes inspection trip to Latin America Tad Miller. Heppner farmer and a director on the U.S. Wheat Associates Board, has recently returned from a market development inspec tion trip in Latin America, reports "Oregon Wheat," the official publication of the Ore gon Wheat Growers League. Miller's trip included visiting New angling Angling regulation booklets good for t84 and 1985 have been shipped by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department to license agents all over Oregon, the department has announced. Any rule changes reflected in the new booklet took effect on January 1. Anglers are urged by the department to pick up a copy of the new rules at a local sporting goods store and keep them handy for reference dur ing the new year. It was recommended by department fishery staff this year and accepted by the Fish and Wildlife Commission that angling regulations be adop ted for a two-year period for several reasons. Most rules do not change from one year to the next and many others could just as easily apply to a two-year period as one. The fisheries staff is attempting to THURSDAY. JANUARY 5. 1984 ' . it tin 1J , u 11 v r Irene Anhorn Sweden to the United States in 1HH0. Anders filed for his homestead in the Gooseberry area, one mile from where Valby Lutheran Church would be built. Continuing on and enlarging the Carlson Ranch were Louis' parents Victor Leonard and Julia Amanda Carlson, who purchased the homestead farm in 1934. In 1950 at the Valby Church, he married Betty Jeane Graves, daughter of John W. and Dorris (Wilcox) Graves. The Carlsons are the parents of Sandra Lou. Cheri Ann. the event, which was orga nized and sponsored by the lone Lions Club; the lone F.xlension Club, led by Debbie Morgan: the Cardinal Club: Willows Grange: the lone Aer ican U-gion: and other lone businesses and individuals. The basketball game saw Morrow County Grain Growers' team edge out Bris- Mexico. Panama, Columbia. Chile. Peru and Ecuador, the publication said. According to the "Oregon Wheat." Miller reported that during the trip three areas of concern affecting exports of U S. wheat were investigated. The concerns include the high inflation rate of 60 to 70 rule books available minimize frequent rule changes where possible in order to reduce confusion for the angler. But the main concern for the shift to a two-year rules book let was the savings in printing costs, which might run as much as $30,000, the depart ment said. Those savings can go into management pro grams that more directly benefit the fisheries resource. Anglers can help minimize those printing costs by pro tecting their new copy of the angling rules in a plastic bag so it will last the two-year period. The 1984-85 rules follow the new format introduced last year which it was hoped would be easier for anglers to under stand and use. Apparently the format change was successful as most angler comments TTBae Heppneir ii Morrow County's PACES Philip John and Clinton Rob ert, all of whom are married. In 1958 Louis and Betty purchased the family farm from his parents and moved into the home built by his grandparents in 1883. In 1980. lwis. Betty and sons Philip and Clinton formed 4C Ranches. Inc. Management became the key to the success and a computer-printer was added to the farm office. Following the death of Betty's father in 1974. they purchased that ranch from her mother. Dorris. Both Louis and Betty have been community leaders. Louis has been a 4-H group leader for many years, has been a pillar of Valby Church, was county father of the year and has been president of the Oregon Wheat league. As were his forebears, he is dedicated to the advancement of agricul ture in Morrow County and the Slate of Oregon. On July 4. 1976. Irene Anita (Beamer) Anhorn moved back to Heppner from Jackson County where she had lived since her marriage in 1941. Her husband. C.W. "Willie" tow's Market 68-63. During halftime. nine cakes were drawn for and several spa ghetti dinners were auctioned off. "We were overwhelmed," said Swanson. "Only could a small community do some thing like this." percent, the lack of credit for the countries toured, and the tough competition in the wheat market from Canada, Australia and Argentina. Miller was to give a full report on the three-week trip at an O.W.G.L. boards meet ing on January 4. have been favorable during the past year. Angling regula tions are admittedly complex as they attempt to provide the maximum amount of angling possible while giving adequate protection to species and runs that need it. While the Fish and Wildlife Commission still has the authority to make emergency changes in angling rules with in the two-year period if they are necessary, commission members have said they will avoid changes if at all possi ble. The 32-page booklet includes all sport fishing regulations except those for ocean salmon which are set in the spring each year. Rules for taking shellfish and marine inverte brates are also included. All license fees remain unchanged for 1984 and 85. 1 Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 25 Anhorn died in 1970. Their four sons. William George, Jeffrey Clare. Michael James. James Beamer and their daughter Catherine Irene, were then adults, and Irene returned to Heppner where her roots run very deep and where she lives in a home previously occupied by her mother. Clara Reid Beamer Gertson. Since her return to Morrow Co., Irene has again been involved with the Christian Church both in Heppner and lexington. and she has volun teered much time to the Hep pner City Library and to the Heppenr Neighborhood Cen ter. She has assumed the superintendency of the Small Animal Division of the county fair and has worked long, hard hours there. She has continued working with youth through 4-H groups, as she had long done in Jackson County where she was a teacher. Each week she spends many hours helping bring joy and hope to the patients at Pioneer Memorial Hospital and its" nursing home where she con ducts weekly bingo and crafts Willow Creek Dam wins engineering award Willow Creek Dam has received an engineering award of merit from the U.S. Army Crops of Engineers, announced the Corps' public affairs office in Walla Walla, Wash. The award of merit is the second highest award presen ted to Corps projects in the Design and Environmental Awards Program sponsored each year by the Corps' Chief of Engineers. Each year, local Corps of fices nominate projects for awards in four categories: engineering, architecture, landscape architecture and environmental. Willow Creek Dam was one of three Corps pro jects around the country to County Fair & Rodeo Court, penant bearers honored at luncheon A luncheon honoring mem bers of the 1984 Morrow Coun ty Fair and Rodeo Corut and their mothers kicked off the first appearance of the official group. The event, held at Kate's Pizza and Pastry in Heppner last Wednesday, Dec. 28, was hosted by chape rones Bobbie Angell, Mickey Madison and Marcia Kemp. Queen Sylvia Ladd of lone and princesses Bridgett Greenup and Shelley Stroeber of Heppner welcomed their ' pennant bearers and their mothers. They include Christy Stroeber, Lori Cecil, Dyann Brosnan, Bobbette Angell and and Stacey Kennedy. Christy Stroeber is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Heppner Junior High. She is the daughter of Don and Jan Stroeber and has been active in 4-H and Wranglers for several years. Lori Cecil, 12, is the youngest member of the ME HEPPNER. OREGON and where she regularly is pianist for the church servi ces. She is a member of the Degree of Honor Lodge. Her years of civic activity and work with youth in Jack son County gave her a great start toward gaining her way into many hours of helpful community service in Morrow Co. where her maternal grandparents. James and Mary Reid, were well known early residents of the county and operators of Reids Mill. Her parents. W.J. and Clara Beamer Hater Gertson were very active in the Heppenr area. Her older sister, Mary Goheen is also active here now. being the current presi dent of the Soroptimist Club. During the seven years of her second period of living in Heppner. Irene has contribu ted many more hours of vo lunteer service to her com munity than many persons give during their entire life times. Her generous contribu tions of her knowledge and skills and concern for human ity; were Recognized by her selection as this county's First Woman Citizen of 1983. earn an award of merit in the engineering category this year. The annual awards program is designed to recognize excel lence in project design and environmental achievement at recently completed Corps projects. The entries are judged by a panel of profes sional engineers from busi ness, industry and education. The judging was held in Washington. D.C. in mid December. Designed by the Corps' Walla Walla District. Willow Creek Dam is the first major dam in the United States to be constructed using roller-compacted concrete. The dam was dedicated in July. 1983. group. The seventh grader at Heppner is involved in 4-H and Wranglers and is the daughter of Ron and Linda Cecil. Dyann Brosnan, a 16-year-old sophomore at Heppner High School was a pennant bearer last year. She is active in Wranglers and 4-H livestock as well as cooking and sewing. She is the daughter of Eddie and Lorraine Brosnan. Bobbette Angell, a 15-year-old sophomore at Heppner High School, has been a pen nant bearer for the past two years and is a member of Wranglers. Her parents are Larry and Bobbie Angell. Stacey Kennedy is a fresh man at Heppner High School and has also been a pennant bearer for two years. The daughter of Larry and Ellen Kennedy, she is active in 4-H and Wranglers. Chaperone Angell announ ced the official uniforms will be arriving this month and the Weather by the City of '83 farm sales relatively unchanged from 1982 By BOB COSTA OSU Extension Agent Morrow County Despite large losses in the sales of Oregon's two biggest agricultural commodities, cattle and wheat, the state's 1983 gross sales of farm and ranch products remained almost unchanged from last year. Oreogn State University reports. The sale of grains, particu larly white wheat, dropped $12 million from last year and sales of cattle and calves were down $64 million from the 1982 level. However, so many dif ferent products are grown in Oregon thast even though the two leaders were down in sales, enough other crops re corded gains to even things out. Total gross sales of all Ore gon agricultural commodities in 1983 were $1.71 billion, compared to $1.74 billion in 1982. . ...... Marion. Umatilla. Malheur, Clackamas and Morrow coun ties exceeded $100 million each in farms sales in 1983. Marion County was number one with total gross sales of $191.2 million. Of the five top counties. Marion. Malheur and Clackamas recorded modest drops in total farm products income from 1982 levels, while Umatilla and Morrow were up 8.8 and 11.8 percent respectively. Sales from all crops were $1,118 billion, up four percent from the 1982 figure. Sales for all livestock and poultry products were $594 million, down 9.6 percent from last year's level. Grains dropped four percent in total sales for 1983. Out standing white wheat crops over the last four years have resulted in a large carryover from year to year. The surplus has kept prices down, and making matters worse was the excellent white wheat crop in 1983. despite the fact that colors will be lavendar with plum hats, boots and gloves. The pennant bearers will wear lavendar blouses, plum pants and black hats. Angell also announced that the queen's coronation will be held Saturday, March 24, with a dinner and dance. Calendars were given out and dates of rodeos, parades and appear ances were filled in by the girls. Queen Sylvia presented purple earrings to her prin cesses and pennant bearers. Thank you notes were given to the court by Mickey Madison. A decorated cake was served concluding the luncheon. Those attending the event were Sylvia and Lorraine Ladd; Shelley, Christy and Jan Stroeber; Bridgett and Janet Greenup; and Bobbie and Bobbette Angell; Stacey Kennedy; Lori and Linda Cecil; and Dyann and Lor raine Brosnan. High Low Precip. 6V Tues., Dec. 27 25 6 11 614 " Wed.. Dec. 28 21 5 10 6" Thurs.. Dec. 29 28 18 "2 Trace Fri.. Dec. 30 44 27 Trace Sat.. Dec. 31 48 15 ' Trace Sun.. Jan. 1 40 15 ce Trace Mon.. Jan. 2 56 33 04 .Trace - - . - .f.. Heppner is 1.42. Total for the many acres were taken out of wheat production through the federal government's P.I.K. program. Another negative factor was the current strength of the dollar in com parison to foreign currencies, which hurt U.S. exports. Cattle and calves dropped 18 percent from the 1982 level. This happened because the Oregon cattle industry is cur rently in the down swing of tis production cycle, says Stan Miles. OSU Extension Service economist. "Cattle numbers are down now because of a surplus of red meat on the market, re sulting in low prices to produ cers." said Miles. "When this happens, producers cut back their herds. In the next part of the cycle, red meat quantities on the market will begin to Heppner man stricken in Arizona. By JUSTINE WEATHERFORD Early on Tuesday morning, Jan. 3, Bill and Jane Rawlins of Heppner flew from Port land to Phoenix, Arizona to the bedside of their youngest son, Charles "Charlie" who is in a large hospital there suffering from a very sudden and se vere brain hemorrhage. Seve ral physicians, including a neurosurgeon, are working with him as he is partially paralyzed and is unable to speak. Rawlins talked with his par ents by telephone several times during the recent holi days. They had a happy chat on Christmas Day, and he called them the evening of January 1 to wish them "Happy New Year" and to say how he had enjoyed that day so much. He had gone hunting wild pigs with friends in the area nearbv his Scottsdale Electricity consumption up sharply during Dec. December's cold and icy weather caused a significant increase in local electricity consumption but caused no damage to power lines, re ports Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Manager Fred Toombs. Although Toombs did not know yet the exact amount of electricity used last month, he Lovgren leaves Western Heritage this week Christy Lovgren, manager of Western Heritage Federal Savings and Loan Association in Heppner, will be leaving the bank to accept employment at Morrow County Grain Grow ers. Lovgren, who has been with the bank for almost five years, has been manager of the Heppner branch for the past tJhreejears, Her last day will be this Thursday, Jan. 5. Tntal nrwinttatinn fnr FW ua 5 34 Normal ........ av. - - year was 18.52; normal is 12.96. shrink, causing prices to go up and in turn encouraging pro ducers to rebuild their herds," Miles said. Field crops registered the largest increase with gross sales up 16.3 percent. Im proved prices for potatoes and onions made a major impact. Onion sales alone were up 82 percent from the 1982 level. Hay and silage sales gained 13.5 percent and specialty crops (nurseries, greenhouses, bulbs. Christ mas trees, farm forestry) were up 13.2 percent. Vegetable crops changed little from 1982. Tree fruits and nuts were down 2.7 per cent, led by a drop of more than 50 percent in the filbert crop. Grass and legume seed sales fell 11.9 percent. residence and employment at a large country club. The afternoon of January 2, Jane received a call from one of Charlie's co-workers telling her that he had been taken to the Scottsdale hospital. Then the first doctor called her, after a preliminary examina tion had been made, and said that they were moving him by airlift to a large hospital in Phoenix where a neurosur geon would be ready to try to help him. The Rawlinses left Heppner during the night for Portland to fly to Arizona. Their eldest son. Tom. will stay at their home until they return. Fam ily members, friends and neighbors are praying for Charlie and his parents. When there is more news, the Raw lins will telephone Tom. Charlie, who grew up and attended schools in Heppner, is well known in this area for his golfing ability and achievements. did say that consumption was definitely up over last Decem ber. Additional employees were hired to scrape ice from power lines from December 18 to 23, and as a result there were some power outages, but the lines were not damaged, the manager reported. She begins work at M.C.G.G. on Monday, Jan. 9. Replacing Lovgren as bank manager will be Jackie Gen try of Pendleton. Gentry, who has been working at the main branch in Pendleton, started in Heppner on Wednesday of this week. She grew up and attended school in Heppner before moving to Pendleton.
